Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-09
The Republican Convention.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
Republican Record Of COrrupfion aad
Intolerance.
THE POTENTIAL COWEN.

Baltimore Sun, says: 1--WE take it for granted
that the very benevolentinterestm manifested by
the speakers of the late Republican State Con-
venton in the affairs of the Democratic party i'll
this city and State is estimated at its proper
value. Consistent in nothing else, these gentle
men are and always have been the enemy OF
everybody and everything bearing the name or
impress of Democracy. and thev have nothing
more at heart than the restoration of the Re
publican Supremacy in this State. Mr.. McComas
in his speech said let us turn from the achieve
nentS of the Democratic party Of to-day ITO the
party of Thomas Holiday Hicks and Henry
Winter Davis" In other words, a change from
the present democratic rule to the Republican
mated in the late Republican Convention, and
with the same rank and file as of old would be
beneficial TO our people. With the impudence
of ''old Nick" the Stalwart leaders of the Re-
publican Convention seek to transform their
crimes of years past into virtues, their false
hoods into facts. and their political record, black
ty and veracity. The only political organiza-
ton in this city which was ever exclusively nm
der the control of the worst men in it. ieagued
and banded together in clubs. the very names
of which-"Blood Tubs "Rlack Snakes" Rip
Raps." Tigers "Plug Iglies." etc.--lndcated
their brutal and lawess character. and made
the name of Baltimore for a time a by-woId and
reprOach throughout the land. was ''the party
of Thomas Holiday Hicks and Henry Winter
Davis. which Mr.. McComaS. the president ni
the late convention, would again call into be-
ing. Under the leadership of Henry Winter
Davis and some Of the leading lights in the late
convention, this revered party Of old. banded
together to diSfranchi>e the naturaliZAd citizen
placed Thomas Holiday Hi.ks in the gnbei ma
torial chair. His election was a mere mnoIery
of the elective franchise ana! was accompanied
throughout this city nv riot and blood>hed.-
Under the rule of this notorious party, which We
are now called upon 10 bring to life. the Demo
crats, both native-born and naturalized, were
diSfranchisel. Gov. Lyon. In his message to
the Legislature, gave the following views upon
how Mr.. Hicks was elected: II record my de-
liberate opinion that the election was fraudu-
lently conducted: that in the exclusion OF thou
sands of people from the polls there has been no
expression of the popular viii. and that the
whole OF the returns from that city are vicious.
without a decent claim TO official recognition
anywhere. and in all their charactcra gross in
suit TO our institutions and laws. ard u most pf-
fensive mockery OF the great principle of politi-
cal Independence upon popular suffrage
Democrats. Is II not an Insult To your intelli-
gence TO tell You ITO return TO the party of
Thomas Holiday Hicks and Henry Winter
Davis" 10 restore the same tyrannical elements
70 power in this state that held the people de-
Iras-ed, DISTINGUISHED and trampled upon from
lSJ5 To iSo1 and from 1851 to 1855 The men that
reveled in the usut pL ions Of those periods have
never ceased To depOTe their overthrow, and
they are now under new dtSguiSrs. endeavorina
to entrap honest democrats for their own aEbi-
trarv and aggrandiZing purposes.
During the war the party of Hicks and Davis.
Thomas, Arey Matthews, ,Goldsbornugh. Marine,
Gushing. Brooks ct nj. became blatant In its out
cries for the imitation Of more stringent measures
which Should CT Ish out every vestige nt free
speech in a community in which their own has
teaching had always been tolerated. They
clamored for war anu denounced aS 'd>loyal
all who opposed their mad spirit. From motives
II the pureSt patrtoti>H they constituted the ~
selves accuserS, Judges ami cNecGtioner> nf their
fellow-men. and altered the constitution aiil
laws Of the state. ~ aS To limit the political
franchise To themselves. Tor iie moiest pnrIp-ta'
Of mouopolZtng all the Offices of honor and
prntlt-especialiy Of pruft-aTd holding them in
perpetuity. II was their pleasure to see $500
men in Baltimore city governed absolutely and
arbitrarily by from six to seven Thousand. who
did not represent cEe-forth Of the wealth. the
intelligence. the integrity ans. The manhood of
the city. In the state these sghss rvieut tol~ .!
close corporation witnessed the nlnu-Iroa-
anomaly of a political oligarchy, by means OF
laws Of its own making. DISTINGUISHING nnors-
than Ga.aa voters out of n population OF f,tf1
They claimed that the men disfranchiScd were
the disloyal. which sir. HosiSnn. in the conven-
tion. now holds ont the hand Of fellowship to,
that they may aid In putting him aud his party
IN place and power. When Mr.. Hodson ana has
party were in power in Maryland these men Ia
whom they nos franttcally appeal for help were
iisnyal because they sNmpstnlZed with the
South. They were. In the reign of the party o'
Hicks and Davis, seized in their houses and on
the streets on the vaeuest and most f'im~y pro.
texts, and often without even being r-sr mittsf
IA know the nature Of tn" charges made against
them. All rights Of persnn ard property were
then iiisolently and contemptuously disregard
ed: free speech became 'trea~Dn- ard IL wa.
held 10 he criminal To wear particular color~. o'
In hand loaf to weary and famiShinf Il
Confederate prisoner. Houses werc invaded and
ransscked by night and by day. private papcr-
seized and iseu and even women were tern
from the boSoms OF their families and carried of
q
After the war was over the passion AMI matt
ynant hate OF the Republican leaders In Mary
land was manifested towards our southern
brethren greater than ever. They proposed In
the city council 70 request the MAYOR .o call a
town meeting Of the ioyaI ciiigenS. thai an ex-
preston of the loyal pahic Of Bait more NAV b.
had In relation to the pg"~cnce in our midst nf
returned rebels. who. with an nnbluSh,nx ef-
fronte ~. presume to take their places again a.
members Of our loyal cufnmunits.' When the
Republicans were In power In MARYLAND tilsv
lid not sav: I'VE ought to hold out tire hand II
TO rebel soldiers, and ought to receive
1im an equal" as WAS stated by Hoisnn In
the late Republican Convention. But the party
II Hicks and Davis. 10 which Democrats arr now
invited bs Gr. Hoison, McComa', Airey Co.
To return. passed. stcsaluilon in he city council
on April q. 1851. In which IL vas stated: We
Snlemnly protest, in the name of the pcppiG IL
baltimore. against the policy Of allowing msa
who left our city for the purpose of cooperating
with the so-called southern ConfedeTacy against
our lives our property and our nationality. re-
turning among Us. ar permitting them To re-
main who have already Tetprned believing a.
we do their presence In our midst viii bc n cnn-
>tant source of irritation. franght with the dead
lest mischief. And we respectfully ask n our
military authorities, in the most earnest aud
emphatic language OF speech not To tolerate
this the worst of dangerous evils which will. In
all probability. result in collisions terrible In
their consequences" In accordance with this
resolution the commanding general issned an
order in which he said Rebel soldiers have
no homes within the loyal States and have no
right TO come TO places which were their homes
discovered in this department. must be immedi-
ateIy q, rested and held in confinement.
When the people Of the state '.,et this barley
field on fire" the Republican leaders-some of
the same who are now blatant In their shouts
for Brooks, Dixon. Miller and reform-went to
W ash ugton and besieged q rump Congress TO
include this state in the bayonet rule OF re-
which had overthrown the legiti-
mate state governments south OF the Potomac,
and had instituted in their place the fraudulent
Ill
10 unseat the lawful authorities OF
Maryland under the pretext that the govern
ment of the State since the adoption OF the oon-
stitution of 1887 no longer Republican In
form. 1t was to be a repetition OF South Carolina
under Scott. Georgia under Butloc and Louis
lana under Kellogg. They arrested tbs sheriff,
sent the Democratic police commissioners to
Jail, and created a scene Of general uproar and
confusion which this city had never before wit
messed. They voted $4,000 of the city's money
tO buy up the State. reforming both Council and
Legislature by the same act, and all for the pur
pose of ofperpetuatiDR In power the smallest faction
that ever delibe rately iramped upon the rights
Of majority. And this Is the party OF reform
that Mr.. Cowen. the Ohio Repub lean. invites
DE emocrats to join. After the Adjournment Of the
late Republican convention. one OF the organs of
that party said "The fine Italian hand of Mr..
Cowen is distinctly visible In the Republican
state platform AS the democrats IN their
it Is very likely that Mr.. Cowen inserted that
plank i'm the Republican platform opposing the
rall, because his fat corporation does not desire
new constitution. for over 800 900. 900 OF rail-
road property. which now escapes taxation,
would be compelled to pay Its legitimate share
for the protection of itself and It's owners. Mr..
Cowen will receive "the respects OF the Demo-
Gratis during the campaign, and his political
biography" will prove very entertaining read
Ing.
He is verify the ''very generaissimo Of the
lobby" and what he does not know about the
dark and hidden things of politics as corpora
ton counsel is not worth knowing Before hs
attempts to condemn the Democrats of this
state he ought to purify his own record and re-
form his methods. During the last session OF
the Legislature OF Maryland he sat on the floor
IF the House Of Delegates like q toad at the ear
)t the members. What he has not learned and
practiced in the way of fixing things" at Column
bus. Trenton. Philadelphia and Annapolis is not
worth the time and study of any other man. He
was also the pilot and guide of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad in its operations with the
financial brigands Of New York The potential
Jowen says his "voice and pen and vote are at
he service Of Walter b. Brooks for Governor"
This is kind of Mr.. COwen and good riddanre
or the Democrats. who will probably survive
he terrible and mighty Cowen. He gave all
lie had to the fusion candidates two wears ago
md a consequence the Democratic nominees all
'ver the state received phenomnal majorities.-
jounties formerly Republican reversed their
)OliticS and gave Democratic maiOritieS elect